Valley View Schools Raise Nearly $33K for American Heart Association

Families, staff and students from nine Valley View School District 365U schools contributed nearly $33,000 to the American Heart Association through Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart events during the 2015-16 school year.

“The donations collected are a crucial piece in helping us make the necessary changes in heart health for today’s children who will be the first generation whose life expectancy is shorter than its parents,” said Stefani White, Youth Market Director for the Midwest Affiliate of the American Heart Association. “Your schools recognize the complexity of obesity in children and the need for more heart healthy educational resources.”

VVSD schools and the amounts they raised include: Wood View Elementary School--$6,592.90, Hermansen Elementary School--$6,082.57, Jonas Salk Elementary School--$5,836, Tibbott Elementary School--$4,949.20, R.C. Hill Elementary School--$4,234, Independence Elementary School--$2,222.15; Bolingbrook High School--$907, Brooks Middle School--$899, and Martinez Middle School--$810.

“Valley View has done truly heroic work this year,” White said.

Submitted by Valley View School District 365U